up. He reveals to April that he tracked them to the hotel they were staying at before due to her letter to Steve. This helps her realize how much trouble her self-centeredness has caused her and her family. She manages to escape from the house, but is caught by Vamp. She hits him over the head with a tennis racket. The blow kills him. Later on, she, her family and grandmother are reunited, and they move on with their lives. Places Multiple real places are a key part to the novel. The rural areas in the novel are the outskirts of eastern Virginia and to the south of Washington D.C. The cities in the novel are Richmond, Petersburg and Williamsburg in Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Durham, North Carolina and Grove City and St. Augustine in Florida. Other places in the novel are the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and Disneyworld. Awards The novel won the Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award in 1991 and 1993, the Iowa High School Book Master List in 1992, the Virginia Young Readers Program Award in 1992, the Indiana Young Hoosier Award in 1992, and the Texas Lone Star Reading List in 1991. The novel was nominated for the Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award in 1992, the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award in 1991 and 1992, and the Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award in 1995. Reception In an interview with Lois Duncan, the interviewer said that the book was challenged for its immorality, graphic references, and sexual references. Lois Duncan thinks that it may have been a mix-up because there is only one part of the novel where it gets close to a sex scene. Television film The book was adapted into a 1999 television film of the same name. The film was directed by David Winning and stars Patrick Duffy, Pam Dawber and Dominic Raake. The film first aired on Fox Family on July 25, 1999. Differences between the novel and the film In the novel, April is the central character; she narrates the story from her own POV. In the film, April's dad is the main character. In the novel, April's dad is named George Bramwell Corrigan, Senior. In the film, his name is Jeff Corrigan. In the novel, April's sweetheart is named Steve. In the movie, his name is Stef. In the novel, April and Steve part ways and she finds a